I started getting into art when I was around five years old. I loved the coloring and drawing as well as various miscellaneous arts and crafts. Around the age of 12, I started dabbling around with digital art design, then web design. It kind of took off from there. I remember getting my first real start with graphic design when I joined a ProBoards forum called "Solid Snake Designs" way back in the day (they're no longer an active site). They were the "go to forum" for anything and all things graphics related. I learned a lot from there.